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Figure 1.12 AGV and gantry crane used for loading containers on ships (Source: Courtesy
of Europe Combined Terminals B.V., The Netherlands)

flow patterns for horizontal travel. Although the travel patterns in an AS/RS are
generally more efficient within storage racks (see Figure 1.13), an AVS/RS has a
significant potential advantage in the adaptability of system throughput capacity
to transactions demand by changing the number of vehicles operating in a fixed
storage configuration (see Figure 1.14). For example, decreasing the number of

Figure 1.13 AS/RS (Source: Courtesy of Vanderlande Industries)